Lani Pallister beats Katie Ledecky in 800m freestyle at Pan Pacs 2026

A swimmer from Australia named Lani Pallister did something amazing at a big swimming competition in California.

She won the 800-meter freestyle race, which is a very long swim.

The person she beat was Katie Ledecky, who is considered the best ever at this race.

Katie had won this race at the Olympics many times and almost never lost it.

Lani swam from the very front the whole time and never let Katie catch up.

Katie came in second place, just a little bit behind.

This was a huge moment because Katie had not lost this race at a big event in a very long time.

Lani was very happy and even hugged Katie after the race.

She said nice things about Katie, saying she is a great swimmer.

Lani has been swimming her whole life, and her family are swimmers too.

This win made Lani very famous in the swimming world.